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beclips

beclips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beclip.

Meaning of beclip

Verb (1)

beclip (third-person singular simple present beclips, present participle beclipping, simple past and past participle beclipped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To fold in the arms; embrace; clasp.
    • At the coming of Jupiter many Tears were wept for joy, by Dame Cibel and Vesc. Cibel kist and beclipt oftentimes her Son;1702, Raoul Lefèvre, The Destruction of Troy
  2. (transitive) To wrap around; enclose; encircle; surround.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To include; comprise; comprehend; contain.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To lay hold of; seize upon; grip; catch; overtake.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To curdle (milk).

Verb (2)

beclip (third-person singular simple present beclips, present participle beclipping, simple past and past participle beclipped)

  1. (transitive) To clip around or about (the edges of); crop.
    • beclip a photograph

Questions about beclips

What is beclips the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Beclips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beclip.

Words near beclips in the dictionary

  1. beclin
  2. beclins
  3. beclip
  4. beclipped
  5. beclipping
  6. beclips
  7. becloak
  8. becloaked
  9. becloaking
  10. becloaks
  11. beclobrate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: beclips (page history and authors); beclip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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